Simon & Schuster's Guide to Mammals

By Luigi Boitani

Book Overview

As mammals ourselves, we have always been fascinated with this most advanced class of animals, and Simon & Schuster's Guide to Mammals describes 426 species worldwide. A long and thoughtful introduction to the evolution, characteristics, and orders of mammals is followed by the entries -- all illustrated in full color -- each containing the mammal's classification, description, and habitat as well as details on behavior, feeding habits, and reproduction. The entries also feature colorful symbols to illustrate habitat, color maps to show the distribution and rarity of each species, and line drawings to indicate unusual or notable physical features. With more than 500 color photographs, Simon & Schuster's Guide to Mammals is a superb and valuable reference.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671428055
• ISBN13: 9780671428051
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Touchstone Books
• Length: 511 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.7" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Great photographic guide!

This book is great on its own or as a companion to the [...]Smithsonian Handbooks: Mammals guide. It's not as slick or aesthetic in its layout as the Smithsonian guide, but it features about the same number of species, including some that the Smithsonian one leaves out! It is not comprehensive, but still a good representation of the important families and species. Some of the photos are of less than stellar quality, but they ALL show a very good representation of the animals in their natural habitats. None of the animals have been cropped around the edges (As in the Smithsonian book), and the species descriptions are more in-depth. I reccommend this book to anyone who loves photographic guides or learning about animals!

This book is a fun way to educate people of the mamal world.

As an animal lover I found that this book was the best for the price. I found it to be excellent for those that are looking for just common knowledge of the mamal world.